$SKI vs $PEPE
$PEPE proved meme purity on ETH. $SKI carries that purity to Base — the chain where the next 100M users will actually transact, not just speculate.
$SKI
- Cheap Base gas vs PEPE's ETH gas pain
- Dog archetype with longer historical cycle
- Coinbase distribution
- Earlier-stage upside
$PEPE
- Iconic brand
- $2B+ cap & deep liquidity
- Tier-1 CEX coverage
The cycle thesis
Each crypto cycle, the dog meme aligned with that cycle's onboarding network wins: DOGE on L1 PoW (2013), SHIB on Ethereum (2021), WIF on Solana (2024), and $SKI on Base (2026) — Coinbase's L2, with the Coinbase Smart Wallet defaulting 110M+ verified users onto it.
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The Memecoin Supercycle
Murad's full thesis on why community memecoins like $SKI win the 2024–2026 cycle — videos + 6 pillars.
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8 pillars of conviction — Coinbase distribution, dog-coin lineage, political vetting & the Murad Memecoin Supercycle.
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5-minute walkthrough covering Coinbase, Binance and Swyftx — the cleanest path from zero to bag.
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